Garment-support.



B. L. BRANDT.

GARMBNT SUPPORT.

APPLIUATION FILED Nov.1a, 1909.

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BERNARD L. BRANDT, or Lanterne, ,momma @Armenia-SUPPORT.

speciaeanon'of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

Application mea Novemaer 1s, isos. 'seriai No. 528,670'.

pertains to make and use the same, refer ence being had to the 'accompanying vdrawwebbing is secured ings, which form a part ofv this specification. This invention port. v

It has for its obj ect an improved suspender adapted to support thelower Igarments from the shoulders. l In the drawings z-Figure 1, is an elevation of a pair of Suspenders. Fig. 2, is a detail view showing the elastic member.

3 is a plan view-of the cross bar-forming a base forthe spring. Fig. 4 is a detached sectional view of the coil spring of the tension member involving a modification thereof as referred to in the specification.

Straps 1 and 2 -of webbing of ordinary relates. to a garment sup- 'construction have secured to the ends which engage against'the back of the wearer a flexible cord, preferably a round, braided cord 3. A similar flexible cord, preferably a round, braided cord i is provided at its ends with any suitable button holes. The cord 3 is bent in aloop, and at the bend the loop engages through a coil spring 6, the ends of which are arranged with suitable abutments, .preferably made by soldering the two or three last turns of the coil intov a tube and engaging against an eyeleted cross bar 7 -that is inserted in a short, folded piece of webbing'- 8. The folded piece of together at the' middle by an e elet 9.or any`other suitable fastening, an the folded webbing covers the loop of the cord and the spiral spring which engages around it, protecting the spiral spring itself from wear and protecting the clothing of the user from contact with the spiral spring.l The button hole corde is provided wlth asimilar spiral spring 10, the ends of which abut against cross bar 11. At the front ends of t-he Suspenders s-hort folds ofv cloth 8O cover loop 60, similar in construction and use to 'the loop 6, and the ends 'of this loop abut-against an eyelet bar 62. 4A cord 12 provided with button holes is in'- sertedthrough holes in the fold of webbing 80, which holes are at the bend of the fold,

engaging through the eyelets in the bar'62 and engages through the spiral lspring 60. The other front end of the suspender is pro vided with a similar guard of webbing 81 and a similar button holeA end 22 which ve'ngages through the bar 63' held in the webbing guard -81. The webbing guards .80

and 81 are attached to the mainbody of the Suspenders justed by means of the ordinary terminal buckle 15.

What I claim lis.:--

The combination with the main support- 'ing strap members of a. Vsuspender provided with hooks inthe ends, of a cast-oli' tension device for each of said members each comprising a folded strap member provided with an eye in one, end for detachable engagement with the hook, a flexibleibutt'onby any suitable button, buckle or hook; an extremelysimpleand desirable,

hole-'cord passing loosely through the other endjof said folded member and forming a U-'sliaiped bend within the same, a coil spring sleeved upon said `U-shaped bend, and a .bearing for the ends of the coil spring supported within the ends of the fold, two or more of the end coils of the spring being solidly united into a tube.

In testimony whereof, Isign'this specificaf tion in the presence of two witnesses.

l vBERNARD L. BRANDT. Witnesses: A l

CHAs.'P. DowNnY, W. L. GROVE. 

